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Thanks for the regular updates Wayne! I've asked my piano teacher if she wants to pick a piece without success and now have to think of someone else who wants to join in the fun! Can any of you who have already signed up think of friends and family at home who might?

Richard, I really appreciate the advice you've given us. I practised one of my grade exam pieces today trying the method you suggested of doing just 4 bars a day, and this worked well, It gave made me feel that I'd made progress and is a less daunting approach than my usual 'method'.

Richard, I really appreciate the advice you've given us. I practised one of my grade exam pieces today trying the method you suggested of doing just 4 bars a day, and this worked well, It gave made me feel that I'd made progress and is a less daunting approach than my usual 'method'.

That's great news, Helen. I'm glad it's working for you. When you only work on a short bit at a time you can concentrate better on it, memorise it quicker, get it up to speed quicker and understand it better.

If you're working on several pieces at a time or several parts of one piece it really helps to keep a journal of where you are with each one.

BTW when is it due? I have picked the one quite manageable, does not show mistakes easily and sounds nice no matter how you play it (heheheeeee!). If I have a couple of months, I don't mind picking up something similar.

I just had my piano exam at tafe (tertiary education) today! It wasn't perfect, and I couldn't attempt one section, but I may have passed. I'll find out soon enough! If I haven't passed, hopefully I can do well enough in the re-sit.

So as celebration, I'm downloading my Op.85 No.1 and printing it out.

This is actually going to be the first classical piece I've ever properly worked on.

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I love sight-reading! One day I will master it.

Maechre, I've got my fingers crossed for you, let us know your results I'd not worked on any classical music either, until I started knocking around Piano world, but once you get into it, it's kinda addictive

As for cross posting to PC, well, lets just say it went down like a lead balloon pmsl

I have a question about this recital. I have been musing for some weeks now about participating in a recital on this forum after not having the confidence to submit a piece to one of the other recitals. I was wondering if there is a piece unclaimed that I could learn in time for the recital. Currently, I am putting the final touches on 1st movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, and I have begun working on Chopin's Prelude in E minor and Waltz in A minor. After listening to some of the pieces left and I think that No. 1 Andante con moto in A-flat major of Book 4 might be achievable given the time.

I do not have the score, I was planning to print a copy of the piece from Imslp as I found a scan of the first edition there. Or should I look for a later copy if there was any correction of errors? I really would like to participate in this recital, but I don't know if this piece is out of my reach at the moment. Or if there is a better choice for the first "Songs" to learn, as I haven't studied a piece by Mendelssohn. If you have another suggestion for a piece to learn it would be appreciated. If could put my name down for that piece "at the moment" I will speak to my teacher about the piece.

I do not have the score, I was planning to print a copy of the piece from Imslp as I found a scan of the first edition there. Or should I look for a later copy if there was any correction of errors? I really would like to participate in this recital, but I don't know if this piece is out of my reach at the moment, or if there is a better choice for the first "Songs" to learn, as I haven't worked on a piece by Mendelssohn. If you have another suggestion for a piece to learn it would be appreciated. If could put my name down for that piece "at the moment" I will speak to my teacher about the piece.

Hi Irene,

Glad you are on board for the recital!!

I have a book here that lists the Songs without Words according to level. Here are the pieces still available for the recital that are listed as "Intermediate":

Hope I got those right. I haven't played any of these so don't know if 'intermediate' is an accurate description of their difficulty, but maybe you can have a look at the scores and see what you think.

Simply pic a piece, we can provide you with the score, and practice it ready to perform and record, then upload to youtube. There is no settled date yet, but we hope to air the complete recital sometime next year